| the Boyds were missionaries-in-residence
in the Worldwide Ministries Division (WMD) of the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.). Jeff worked with the Booth Family Africa Fund
(BFAF) to set up and implement procedures for receiving, appraising,
and funding grant proposals from Africa in the areas of education,
evangelism, and leadership development. His work in both the Congo
and Cameroon are connected with the BFAF. Christi compiled for
WMD a thorough profile of Presbyterian
missions in the DRC.
During the first five years of their service as mission co-workers
(1990-1995) the Boyds were in Njombe, Tanzania, where Jeff taught
math at Mpechi Secondary School and Christi taught the basics
of rehabilitation to nursing students of Ilembula Lutheran Hospital.
During the three years prior to their commissioning they lived
in Fresno, California, where Jeff was a lecturer in mathematics
while earning his M.A. in mathematics at California State University
and Christi worked in a clinic for physical therapy. After studying
at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California, Jeff attended
and graduated with a B.A. in mathematics from Whitworth College
in Spokane, Washington. He spent two years (1985-1987) as a volunteer
teacher and computer systems manager with the PC(USA) at the Barr
Training Institute in Gujranwala, Pakistan. Christi was educated
in the Netherlands. She has her degree in physical therapy from
the Academie voor Fysiotherapie in Groningen and followed additional
courses at the Gymnologisch Instituut in Utrecht. After her studies,
she worked for five years as a physical therapist in a convalescent
hospital in Groningen. She also spent a year in Pakistan working
as a physical therapist for the Salvation Army Rural Rehabilitation
Training Center in Lahore.
Jeff and Christi are the parents of three children, Matthias, Salome, and Naomi. In June 2007 Matthias graduated from the American School of Yaounde. He is studying rural development at the Van Hall Larenstein University of Professional Education in Wageningen, the Netherlands. Naomi and Salome attend secondary school in Yaoundé.
The Boyds are members of Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church in
Louisville, Kentucky.
Birthdays:
Jeff - April 9
Christi - September 4
Matthias - September 27
Salome - July 21, 1991
Naomi - July 4, 1994
Education in Africa - a board game
During their interpretation assignment in 2003-2004 the Boyds
developed a board game about education in Africa. Copies of the
game are in the resource center of every PC(USA) presbytery. A
life-sized version of the game is available upon request.
Boyds' ministry brochure
Since our commissioning in 1990 we have served with our family
as Presbyterian Church (USA) mission co-workers in different capacities
and with several partners in East and Central Africa. While we
hope that you have the occasion to hear personally about our work
with Presbyterian partners, this flyer is meant to recapitulate
our respective ministries, and to lay out opportunities for direct
support. Read
more.
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